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Patent GB-190701529-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Berths for Railway Carriages or for use on Board Ship.
Inventor: LAYCOCK WILLIAM ERNEST
Filed: 1907-01-21
Granted: 1907-06-20
Abstract: 1529. Laycock, W. E. Jan. 21. Berths for use in railway carriages and upon, ships comprise a rectangular hinged metal frame, which is adapted to fold, is pivoted at its inner longitudinal edge to vertically-sliding bracket, and is supported at its outer edge by stays pivoted to a fixed bracket upon the wall. When the sliding brackets are moved upwards, the whole frame is caused to fold so as to lie flat upon the vertical supporting-surface ; at the same time, the movement of the sliding brackets may operate a system of slotted levers to cause a luggage rack to fold down into position. The metal frame a, Fig. 1, filled in with cord netting to support a bed, is divided into two folding parts connected by stop hinges a<2> ; it is pivoted at the inner edge to brackets b sliding in guides upon the wall, and at its outer edge to an arm the other end of which is pivoted to a fixed bracket d'. A stay e is hinged to the sliding bracket b and to the arm d, which is cranked at f so that it may fold more closely against the vertical support. A luggage rack may be combined with the berth. In this case, rods g<1> are pivoted to the sliding bracket, and at the other end receive in slots one extremity if of the slotted levers j<1>, Fig. 4. An horizontal rod k forms the front rail of the rack, and between this and the fixed back rail k<1>, cord netting &c. is stretched. Within the slot m<2> in the lever j<1> moves one end of a cranked lever m pivoted to a fixed bracket l<1>. When the sliding bracket is moved upwards to fold the berth against the wall, the upward movement of the end i<1> of the lever j<1> causes that lever to move outwards about the pivot m<1>, the outward movement being limited by the contact of the cranked end of the lever m with the wall.
Patent GB-190706522-A (GB)
Title: Alloys for the Inactive Carriers or for other Metallic Parts of Accumulators with Invariable Electrolyte, and Accumulators constructed with such Carriers or Metallic Parts.
Filed: 1907-03-18
Granted: 1907-06-13
Abstract: 6522. Nya Ackumulator Aktiebolaget Jungner. March 30, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Secondary batteries.-Alloys of nickel with other metals, such as iron and copper, are used in the construction of inactive carriers for invariable electrolyte accumulators. The alloys may also be used for parts of the accumulator other than the electrodes, and, besides iron and copper, may also contain small percentages of such metals as zinc and tin.
Patent GB-190706640-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Construction of Guide-blades and Vanes for Turbine Motors.
Filed: 1907-03-19
Granted: 1908-03-19
Abstract: 6640. Belliss & Morcom, and Morcom, R. K. March 19. Elastic-fluid turbines.-Relates to making and fixing blades for turbine rotors and stators. Thin metal stampings are bent so as to form the front and back plates or surfaces a, b, Figs. 1, 2 and 9, of two'adjacent blades connected by a foot c, the plates being also united by one or more thin distance-pieces g; the back plate may have a strengthening-rib b<2>. The blades are formed by assembling a number of these blade elements, the feet being secured in undercut grooves by bifurcated retaining-blocks e and a stringer f, which spreads the fangs and flattens the arched foot. The widths of the front and back plates may vary so that the edge of the blade, which may be sharpened, may have one or two thicknesses of metal. Composite blade elements are stamped out of a composite metal sheet, for example from a steel strip A, Fig. 7, and a copper strip B welded or brazed together so that the stamping has an erosionresisting front plate a and a bendable back-plate b and foot c.
Patent GB-190708556-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to High Tension Ignition Apparatus suitable for Internal Combustion Engines
Filed: 1907-04-12
Granted: 1907-10-31
Abstract: 8556. Soc. des Garages KriÚger et Brasier. April 27, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Gas and like engines, igniting in. A high-tension sparking system is described in which the different parts are closely grouped and the source of current is either a magneto or a battery. The armature shaft a, Fig. 1, carries the commutator d and is geared by wheels f, g to a shaft e to which is secured the distributor h. The magnets 1, 2, commutator 3, switch 14, primary winding 9, secondary winding 16, and condenser 31 are shown diagrammatically in Fig. 3, and the paths of the current under various conditions of working are described in the Specification. The general arrangement of the apparatus is shown in Fig. 2, in which i is a case containing the transformer. To economize space and avoid unnecessary leads, a transformer, switch, and condenser may be grouped to form a compact piece of apparatus in which the switch terminals are the same as some of the transformer terminals and the switch is placed upon the transformer which surrounds the condenser. By means of an earthed bar 33, Fig. 3, and switches 24, 25, 26, three cylinders of a four-cylinder engine are cut out, so as to test the fourth. The commutator is constructed as described in Specification No. 8555, A.D. 1907, [Abridgment Class Electricity, Regulating &c.].
Patent GB-190708768-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Variable Speed Mechanism.
Inventor: GOODNER JAMES ANDREW
Filed: 1907-04-15
Granted: 1907-11-14
Abstract: 8768. Goodner, J. A., Kendig, A. P., McKelvey, J. F., and Avard, J. H. April 15. Hydraulic transmission of power.-In hydraulic variable-speed gearing as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, pistons 11, bearing in cylinders 10 carried by the shaft 7 engage an eccentric ring 13 carried by a pulley 6. The cylinders communicate by passages 16 &c., and the flow of liquid throughout the device is regulated by an externally-operated valve 22 which is provided with longitudinal holes 27 to allow the passage of liquid supplied to the cylinders from the pressure cup 28. In the device shown in Figs. 4 and 5, ring members 34, rotatable in the driving fly-wheel 32<1>, 33, carry projections 36 bearing against the interior surfaces of circular chambers 33<1> formed in the fly-wheel. Teeth 35 on the rings 34 engage a pinion 39 on the driven shaft 40. Fluid flows between the chambers through ports 37, 38 and passages 45, and the flow is regulated by a valve 44 as before. When the valve is closed, the whole gearing rotates solid.
Patent GB-190711810-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Vapour Burners for Heating
Inventor: MAVROGORDATO FRANCOIS EUSTRATI
Filed: 1907-05-21
Granted: 1908-05-21
Abstract: 11,810. Mavrogordato, F. E. May 21. Atmospheric vapour burners; vaporizing - apparatus. - The vaporizer of an atmospheric vapour burner, which preferably burns a heavy hydrocaibon, such as petroleum, naphtha, &c., and is used in steam generators, annealing and melting furnaces, &c., is made up of a' number of elements, each comprising two pairs of concentric tubes, which are arranged around the inside or outside of an air-suction tube.. Figs. 1 and 2 are sections through a burner wherein two elements are employed, and Fig. 3 shows a section through an element. The oil, supplied under pressure through the valve m, passes by way of branch tubes l to the vaporizing-tubes c; and is conducted by the inner tubes f and the connexions p to the reheating-tubes d, whence it is led by way of the passages h to the valvecontrolled nipple e. The enclosing casing or air-suction tube a, at the mouth r of which the flame burns, is secured to the tubes c, d by means of supports b. A pressure gauge n communicates with the pipe h through a spiral pipe o. Wires or metallic wicks for purifying the oil may be arranged in the tubes f. The apparatus may be provided with means for preliminary heating and kindling, and may be mounted on a foot by means of which it can be set at any height or inclination.
Patent GB-190713068-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Winding or Spooling Machines.
Inventor: TATTERSALL JOHN
Filed: 1907-06-05
Granted: 1907-10-24
Abstract: 13,068. Tattersall, J. June 5. Winding-machines ; stop-motions. - In d r u m winders, the spool b is stopped on attaining a predetermined size by means of a plate f, which may be curved to conform to the shape of the spool and is adjustably fixed to an arm e pivoted on the spindle c. During winding, the arm e rests on the bobbin cradle a, and when the spool is complete, the plate f is carried round with it and forced between it and the drum g.
Patent GB-190713223-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Match Boxes.
Inventor: LARKE ALFRED
Filed: 1907-06-07
Granted: 1908-05-14
Abstract: 13,223. Larke, A. June 7. Match-box holders; partitioned boxes; covers.- A match-box a, Fig. 1, or a match-box holder f, Fig. 2, is provided with a compartment c having at one end a coned opening d through which spent matches may be passed, and at the other a flap e. The lid b and flap e may be made to slide, the coned inlet may be dispensed with or may itself be hinged, or the compartment for used matches may be made as an attachment to an ordinary match-box.
Patent GB-190715342-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Presses for the Manufacture of Hollow Ingots.
Inventor: HARMET HENRI
Filed: 1907-07-03
Granted: 1907-10-10
Abstract: 15,342. Harmet, H. Dec. 8, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Hydraulic presses for use in compressing cast ingots according to the method described in Specifications No. 5904, A.D. 1900, Nos. 4004, 13,451, 18,491, and 27,778, A.D. 1902, and No. 12,000, A.D. 1904, [Abridgment Class Iron &c.], have a lower ram 7 which acts on the larger end of the ingot and forces it into the smaller end of the conical mould against a smaller pressure exerted by a ram 5, which retires as the ingot advances. The ram 5 engages the end of the ingot by means of a plug 19 and a collar 22 made in halves. The collar is removed to enable the ram to pass through the plug to push out the core. In a modification, the ram 5 is hollow to pass a rod connected to a separate cylinder for this purpose.
Patent GB-190719398-A (GB)
Title: Elastic Mattress Bottom
Inventor: VALLENDAR OTTO
Filed: 1907-08-29
Granted: 1908-08-27
Abstract: 19,398. Vallendar, O. Aug. 29. Springs.-A mattress is constructed with wire springs, of which the ends c<2> are formed with loops c' wound in circular spirals, and are normally approximately in line with the central parts c as shown in Fig. 3. To produce the necessary elasticity, the ends c<2> are bent downwards and inserted in vertical holes in the frame a, Fig. 2. The ends of the spring may be formed separately from the central part, one spiral turn, or as shown in Figs. 4 and 5, two spiral turns i<1>, i<2> being provided. The part i<4> is then secured by means of a cord, soldering, &c. to the central part, and the part i<3> is normally approximately straight. The transverse springs pass through loops formed in the longitudinal springs.
Patent GB-190727344-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Screw Propellers.
Inventor: ROY ARCHIBALD
Filed: 1907-12-11
Granted: 1908-09-10
Abstract: 27,344. Roy, A. Dec. 11. Screw propellers.-Comprises improvements in that class of screw propeller having blades, both surfaces of which are true helicoidal surfaces. The leading edge is obtained by the intersection of the two surfaces arranged relatively to one another in such a manner that the thickness of the blade at the centre line is such as is requisite for strength. The following edge of the blade is dependent for its outline upon the required area of the blade. The driving-face meets the forward face of the blade in a direction at right-angles to the axis of the propeller shaft, a curve giving a gradual change of angle.
Patent GB-190727559-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Electrode for use in the Purification of Water and other Liquids.
Inventor: MURPHY JOHN MCLEOD
Filed: 1907-12-13
Granted: 1908-12-10
Abstract: 27,559. Murphy, J. M. Dec. 13. Liquids; purifying.-An electrode for use in the purification of water and other liquids is made of an aluminium-magnesium alloy, containing 90 per cent of aluminium, or thereabouts. A cast plate of the alloy is given a smooth surface by planing, buffing, and polishing.
Patent GB-190728754-A (GB)
Title: Improved Axle-tree for Trucks for Mines or the like
Inventor: MOERCH ERIC
Filed: 1907-12-31
Granted: 1908-02-20
Abstract: 28,754. Morch, E. Dec. 31. Axle bearings.-The axles a of mining- trucks &c. revolve in a tube c formed with end pieces i having rounded surfaces k, which fit loosely in stirrups h bolted to the body of the truck. The axle can thus move to a limited extent longitudinally, transversely, and vertically relatively to the truck so as to accommodate itself to irregularities and small curves in the track. The end-pieces i are made symmetrical so that the tube may be reversed when worn. The tube is provided with lateral swellings d, into which semifluid lubricant is forced through a ball-valve f in a tubulure e.
Patent GB-190801925-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Levels to be used for Ascertaining Vertical Angles.
Inventor: WILLIAMS ARTHUR CECIL
Filed: 1908-01-28
Granted: 1908-10-15
Abstract: 1925. Williams, A. C. Jan. 28. Clinometers.-In levels of the Abney type in which the reference bubble is projected into the field of view, the telescope eyepiece is provided with one or more half-lenses of high magnifying power through which the object is sighted, and with a half spectacle lens for viewing the bubble. The eyepiece 11 is arranged to slide in the body. 1 of the instrument and is provided with half-lenses 11<a>, 11<b>, the object being sighted through prisms 4, 5 and the object-glass 10. The bubble of the spirit level 6 is observed by reflection from a mirror 13 through a half-lens 12 mounted in the eyepiece. The spirit level is mounted on a carrier 7 pivoted at 8, and is moved by means of a micrometer screw 9 gearing with a segment 7<a>. The angle through which the level has been moved to bring the bubble to its central position is read by means of a degree scale 15, minutes being read on the head 17 of the screw, or by a vernier.
Patent GB-190802781-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Apparatus for Assembling and Distributing Type.
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1908-02-07
Granted: 1909-02-08
Abstract: 2781. Boult, A. J., [International Multigraph Co.]. Feb. 7. Type, setting and distributing; type.-A handoperated machine for assembling and distributing type comprises a type case, which may be in the form of a rotating drum, a holder 35 for the types to be distributed, and a holder 36 for the types to be assembled. The drum is mounted on a rotatable shaft 20 provided with a hand-wheel 30, and has on its periphery rails 16 forming channels for the reception of the types, which may be of the form shown in Fig. 6. The holders 35, 36 may be in the form of split tubes, the edges of which engage the grooves in the types. The holders are carried by stationary top and bottom plates 11, 10, and are out of alinement with the channels of the drum, types being transferred from one to the other by means of two slides 41, 51 having apertures to receive the types. The aperture in the slide 41 is normally in alinement with the holder 35, the types being prevented from falling through by a plate 43. In order to transfer a type to the drum, the slide 41 is pushed in by means of a finger-piece 49 against the tension of a spring 44. The aperture in the slide is thereby brought into alinement with one of the channels on the drum into which the type falls. The aperture in the slide 51 is normally in alinement with the holder 36. The slide is pushed in by means of a fingerpiece 54 to receive a type from the drum, and, on its outward movement, the type falls into the holder 36. The hand-wheel is provided with indicating-characters co-operating with a pointer to enable the proper channel on the drum to be brought into alinement with the holders. Exact alinement is effected by lugs 67 on the slides which engage a notched ring 64 on the drum. To enable whole lines of type to be transferred to and from the drum, the holders may be mounted in sliding blocks which can be locked to the slides 41, 51. For dealing with types of different thicknesses, the slides 41, 51 may each consist of a number of superposed thin plates, shoulders being provided on the drum to determine the number of plates brought into use.
Patent GB-190803595-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Motors for Driving Submarine Boats and Torpedoes.
Inventor: WINAND PAUL
Filed: 1908-02-17
Granted: 1908-09-24
Abstract: 3595. Winand, P. Feb. 15, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Gas and explosive-vapour engines; furnace-gas engines.-In a motor suitable for submarine boats and torpedoes, liquid fuel and a liquid oxygencarrier, one of them in excess, one partly burnt in a separate combustion chamber, and the products of combustion while under pressure, and after having been cooled by means of water or vapour as described in Specification No. 15,852, A.D. 1905, are admitted to the cylinder, where further combustion takes place. Nitrogen peroxide or one of its compounds, such as tetranitromethane, is suitable as an oxygen-carrier, and when used in) sufficient quantity it is only reduced to nitric oxide with the absorption of heat and the consequential cooling of the combustion products. The deficiency in fuel or in the oxygen-carrier is made up in the cylinder, the combustion therein. being either continuous or otherwise. The Specification, in the original form, as published under Section 91 (3) (a) comprises also the following subject-matter. (1) The fuel or oxygen-carrier for the second combustion may be added to the products of the first combustion before the same pass into the cylinder. (2) Compressed air may be used instead of the first products of combustion. (3) The cylinder may have two sets of inlet valves so. that air at atmospheric pressure can be used, and in such cases fuel only is introduced into the cylinder in addition to the air. (4) When the heat of compression is relied on for ignition, the necessary temperature is obtained for starting by increasing the compression, by heating the air before compression, or by both ; the heating of the air may be effected electrically, by repeated compression and then expansion without loss of heat, or by the friction of the air on a rapidly-rotating body ; the repeated compression may be effected in the working or pump cylinders and when the compression in the cylinder is increased, the exceeding of the normal final pressure is prevented by iowering the initial pressure, but the initial temperature of the air must not be reduced .by a like amount. This subject-matter does not appear in the Complete Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-190810220-A (GB)
Title: Improved Process for the Manufacture of Solid or Hollow Bodies from Unfinished Paper.
Inventor: WURBS JOSEF
Filed: 1908-05-11
Granted: 1909-02-04
Abstract: 10,220. Wurbs, J. May 11. Paper pipes and tubes.-In the formation of solid or hollow bodies, such as decorative pillars, curtain rods, pedestals for busts, &c., wet cotton paper from the cylinder of the paper machine, parchmented and de-acidified in the known manner if desired, is coated with adhesive by means of a brush or by passing through a solution and a number of sheets are pressed together and dried. In making foldless seamless hollow bodies, such as cop tubes, the sheets are wound round a cylinder, which may be split longitudinally into two or more parts between which may be driven wedges so that internal and external pressure may be applied. The finished product is hard, homogeneous and horny when cut. It can be bored, filed, planed, turned, and sawn, and may be lacquered, polished, and otherwise mechanically treated.
Patent GB-190812820-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Manufacture of Sound Records.
Inventor: MAGGIORA DEMETRIO
Filed: 1908-06-15
Granted: 1909-07-15
Abstract: 12,820. Maggiora, D., and Sinclair, M. June 15. Phonographs &c.-A record is produced which enables any sound or note to be reproduced continuously for any length of time. Several spirals of the sound required are recorded, and a master negative is taken of these by electro-deposition as usual. A point b b is selected where the protuberances c are in radial alinement, and a ring d of material containing this particular convolution is cut away and then severed transversely at b band rejoined by soldering with the protuberances in alinement as shown in Fig. 3. The ring d is then soldered concentrically to a disk f and used as a master negative. The ring might have been cut along a line e e, Fig. 1, provided that the spacing of the protuberances is regular when rejoining. It may sometimes be convenient to treat the original record as above and then form a master negative. A similar method is employed with cylindrical records and a preferable way is to form the original record on a flat strip. A series of endless records of one or more sounds may be mounted upon one disk or cylinder.
Patent GB-190813357-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rotary Knife-cleaning Machines.
Inventor: WEATHERBURN JOHN THOMAS
Filed: 1908-06-23
Granted: 1908-11-26
Abstract: 13,357. Weatherburn, J. T. June 23. Knives, cleaning a n d polishing. - Relates to rotary knife-cleaning machines, and consists in means for adjusting and compensating for wear in the cleaning-disks, and for facilitating the replacement of worn pads in the knife-rests. The disks b, Fig. 1, are pressed up by springs c within sleeves d which screw on the spindle a of the disks. The kniferests, Fig. 2, are formed by flanged castings e having the apertures e<2>, through which the knives are inserted, extended as at e<3>, to enable the bearing-block f to be removed for replacement.
Patent GB-190813739-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Devices for Supporting Painted or Re-painted Golf Balls and the like.
Inventor: GROOM MAURICE
Filed: 1908-06-29
Granted: 1909-04-22
Abstract: 13,739. Groom, M. June 29. Painting.-Golf, hockey, and other balls are supported after being painted, and during drying, on an appliance in the form of a tray, bracket, &c. consisting of a metal plate in which prongs bare cut and bent upwards to form points on which the balls rest.
Patent GB-190816433-A (GB)
Title: Detachable Book Covers and Pressure Binders.
Inventor: MEAKER JOHN WESLEY
Filed: 1908-08-04
Granted: 1909-07-29
Abstract: 16,433. Meaker, J. W. Aug. 4. Bookbinding.-A removable cover and binder for use either with loose leaves or with a block of leaves comprises a binding-plate A, Figs. 1 and 2, having toothed impaling-posts a, and a clamping- plate B<1> provided with slots b<2> which receive the posts a and have inclined flanged edges b<3> adapted to wedge beneath the teeth of the posts a. A back a', against which the leaves abut, is rigidly secured to the plate A, the whole being covered with leather or canvas a<3>, a<4>. A top plate B forming part of the cover A' is provided with downwardly-turned flanges b, which fit against the sides of the posts a and are secured thereto by means of slots and pins G when it is desired to fix the covers in place. Flanges b<4> on the plate B' afford means for sliding the plate. In a modification, Figs. 9 and 12, the leaves are permanently bound together in a block or tablet, and the upper cover F<2> contains a flat tube or casing F, in which is mounted a slidable clamping-plate f<1> having inclined flanges f<2> engaging with the ratchet teeth on the impaling-posts a. A longitudinal slot may be provided in the cover and through the casing F for the purpose of enabling the clamping-plate to engage or to release the posts a. The leaves D, Fig. 12, may be bound together by pressing tubes d of metal, paper, &c. impregnated with paste or gum into apertures formed therein ; a tape may be inserted through a number of such tubes and a seal applied to prevent unauthorized interference with the leaves. Leaves may be inserted or removed from the block shown in Fig. 12 by first breaking the tube d at the required point, inserting or removing the leaves, and then firmly binding together the parts of the tablet by means of a second tube inserted in the tube d.